Teacher Town Hall: MNPS discipline policies spark 'chaos'

Ask any Nashville teacher what's behind the district's low morale, and they're likely to mention student discipline. When NewsChannel 5 Investigates gathered a group of teachers over the weekend for a Teacher Town Hall, they didn't hold back. We asked them to describe what they experience every day. "Chaos," one teacher responded. "Total chaos," another agreed High school teacher Laura Leonard concurred. "Just chaos," she said. "I mean, there's just no accountability for the students." More than any other issue, these veteran Metro Schools educators said that student discipline -- or the lack of it -- has become a huge ...